Showing posts with label Video Games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Video Games. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
YouTube user Levinater25 found what appeared to be a glitch in the Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 game, allowing Tiger to chip a shot into the hole while standing on water. He dubbed this the "Jesus shot".
In a brilliant marketing move, EA Sports made a video response to Levinator25, letting him know that it wasn't a glitch after all.
The thing to note about this isn't so much EA's video, which is awesome, but the web-savviness of the company. Responding to Levinator25's video this way was a great piece of damage control, showed the company was not going to be heavy-handed toward its users, and practically ensured the video would go viral, creating a small but effective marketing phenomenon.
In a brilliant marketing move, EA Sports made a video response to Levinator25, letting him know that it wasn't a glitch after all.
The thing to note about this isn't so much EA's video, which is awesome, but the web-savviness of the company. Responding to Levinator25's video this way was a great piece of damage control, showed the company was not going to be heavy-handed toward its users, and practically ensured the video would go viral, creating a small but effective marketing phenomenon.
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